SOLUTION: Is there a simple way of remembering slope-intercept and point-intercept? Such as a word or phrase. Thank you

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Question 285402: Is there a simple way of remembering slope-intercept and point-intercept? Such as a word or phrase. Thank you
Found 2 solutions by richwmiller, oberobic:
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What is it you want to remember?
y=mx+b
slope intercept
m=slope b= y intercept
What is the problem?
You can remember all kinds of stuff to play video games and remember songs but you can't put a little math in your head?

Answer by oberobic(2304) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There is no 'point-intercept', so you can forget that.
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y = mx+b is the slope-intercept form. You can tell because you are given the slope, 'm', and the y-intercept, 'b'.
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The other form is the point-slope form. You can tell this because you are not given the intercept or, by the process of exclusion, you know it is not the slope-intercept.
The point-slope form is
y-y1 = m(x-x1)
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